Pregnancy Planner

Women have a lot of different feelings during this period of
time, perhaps too much. It’s common to see women with changes in their
sleeping pattern, with fatigue, loss of energy etc.

So, what can
we do to feel better? Since we don’t have enough energy to be outside
to much time, to travel, to wait, etc. Well, now, thanks to the new
technologies, new services are appearing every day through the net. Now
the people use to think that the net is a secure place where to use our
credits cards. So, perhaps you are wondering of witch service I am
talking about. Did you ever hear something about e-therapy?. This kind
of professional assistance is meant to solve this, and a lot more, kind
of problems. It can give you another perspective, another point of
view, of this situation.

This kind of service could be very helpful for you since your mobility
is going to get reduced more and more. Another advantage is that you
could still have therapy after your childbirth. Before you rush into
the online counseling you should take some time to analyze witch kind
of service switch better for you. It’s important to investigate the
different sites since they have different services to offer, like
email, chat and video conference therapy. Online counseling could
certainly refresh and energise you, as I told you before, you will not
have many opportunities to move from a place to another and also to be
with to much people. So, professional assistant can make a difference.
Some pregnant women might feel that online therapy is not for them, but
what I recommend you is to take a look through the web and find out a
big variety of online services

Mike Dionne
www.tuva24hs.com

Undoubtedly as an expectant mother you’ve had no shortage on advice of things you should do to prepare for the arrival of your bundle of joy. You’re family, friends, and medical providers have given you a list of things that you should accomplish prior to going to the hospital. As a new mother myself I have found one area that nobody mentioned….what you will need for yourself after you get home. Here is a list of helpful things to do for yourself to help you survive your first few weeks as a new mom.

1. Have your fridge and freezer stocked with easy to prepare foods. Once the baby is here you’ll find that tasks previously easy for you have a new set of challenges. Cooking is one of those. Better yet, if a friend asks if there is anything you need or that they can do for your…have them bring a home cooked meal.

2. Don’t forget that your monthly friend (your period) will be returning with a vengeance after the baby arrives. Have all the necessary supplies you will need. Nothing is worse than having to make a Wal-Mart stop on your way home from the hospital.

3. Even though you are longing for your figure and the return of your normal wardrobe to return, it will take a while. Having a few things that are non-maternity but a size bigger than your pregnancy clothes will help you to feel more comfortable while you are transitioning.

4. If you have a husband or partner who will be helping you when you come home have a sleeping plan. My husband and I learned after 2 days of trying to alternate the nighttime feedings and feeling very sleep deprived that there were better ways of scheduling. We opted for longer shifts of sleep with one of us covering the nighttime hours so the other could sleep. We felt much better!

5. Arrange to have a few close friends or family members help you out for the first week. A few hours of time babysitting or an offer to run errands for you is the best gift anyone could give during the first few weeks.

6. If you are a busy body have some things around to entertain yourself. All the books tell you to sleep while the baby is sleeping but this is sometimes easier said than done. Indulging in a hobby such as reading, scrap booking, or even a good movie will allow you to relax and keep you from feeling overwhelmed.

7. Practice saying NO. A baby brings a lot excitement to family and friends. It is sometimes hard for them to remember that you are recovering and adjusting to your new role. As with anything, practice makes perfect. Practice your “no speech” before having to use it. Make sure express your appreciation for the fact that they care enough to…come visit, invite you out, volunteer to keep the baby, etc. but let them know that you are still adjusting to everything and need to say no.

8. Have an assortment of over the counter medications available for yourself. It is difficult to make a quick trip out with a newborn. It’s best to have the things you think you might need on hand.

    

Back pain (also known as “dorsopathy”) is pain felt in the human back that may come from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine. The pain may be constant or intermittent, stay in one place or refer or radiate to other areas. It may be a dull ache, or a sharp or piercing or burning sensation. The pain may be felt in the neck (and might radiate into the arm and hand), in the upper back, or in the low back (and might radiate into the leg or foot), and may include weakness or numbness.

Back pain is one of humanity’s most frequent complaints. In the U.S., acute low back pain (also called lumbago) is the fifth most common reason for all physician visits. About nine out of ten adults experience back pain at some point in their life, and five out of ten working adults have back pain every year.

1. A Good Bed

An excellent mattress can do wonders for your back. If you are still sleeping on the same mattress that you have slept on for many years, then take a good look at it during early pregnancy. Is it still looking taut, or does it now sag in places? If it sags, then it has lost some of its support and will increase your chances of having back pain once you start to gain pregnancy weight.

2. Pillows

- As you enter your third trimester, you will need more pillows than ever before – Pillows are invaluable as pregnancy back support – Pillows balance all of your weight correctly – Place one pillow between your knees if you sleep on your side

3. At The Workplace

You will want to ensure that your chair at work is ergodynamic but more than that, that it is adequate for support of a pregnant woman. Check with any health standards that your work chair complies with current legal guidelines so that you don’t incur unnecessary damage owing to sitting on a badly supported chair. When driving, you may find that you need to add a small pillow for your lower back.

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As you’re heading into the final stages of pregnancy, your body is starting to prepare for the actual birth. A common occurrence for many pregnant women is a rise in their blood pressure. It’s generally not a significant increase, but some mothers can feel uncomfortable with their hearts beating a little harder than they are used to. This happens because the overall blood volume of mom has increased significantly, creating a need for the heart to beat harder in order to circulate it properly. The blood pressure will typically start to rise in the sixth month of pregnancy and go back to normal levels about six weeks after birth.

Some mothers become frightened by this change because it can feel as though the heart is racing or that there is an extra beat – but while both of these feelings are true, they are also not unsafe.

So long as you have regular physician care, you are merely just supporting the other little body inside of you.

But there are some problems that can go along with higher blood pressure. Like Pre-eclampsia, also known as toxemia, pre-eclampsia affects about 4-5% of all pregnant women. It is a condition that can happen in the later parts of pregnancy and can be harmful to both baby and mother.

In this condition, a sudden increase in blood pressure can lead to hemorrhaging and infection – it can be a condition that kills.

Occurring mainly in women that have either not been pregnant before or are carrying more than one child, pre-eclampsia is something that every pregnant woman needs to be on the lookout for.

Here are some of the potential warning signs of pre-eclampsia from a doctor’s viewpoint:

· High blood pressure

· High blood pressure, swelling, protein in the urine, and convulsions

· High blood pressure and increased protein the urine with or without swelling

But since you might not be able to recognize these signs, here are the symptoms that every pregnant woman should watch out for:

· Swelling of your ankles or feet that does not go away after 12 hours of rest

· Swelling of your face or hands that comes on suddenly

· Rapid weight gain, as in four to five pounds in a single week

· A sudden increase in your blood pressure

· Protein in your urine – found in a urine specimen at your doctor’s office

· Severe headaches that you have not had before

· Blurry vision, seeing spots

· Severe pain over your stomach, under your ribs · Decrease in frequency of urination

Pre-eclampsia will be something that a doctor will have to carefully monitor as you progress through your pregnancy. Once higher blood pressure is noted as well as other symptoms, your doctor will want to see you more frequently – as often as every day in some cases. Treatment includes bed rest and possibly hospitalization in more severe cases. Some moms will be able to use relaxation techniques to bring their blood pressure down naturally.

You might also return to the initial feelings of fatigue as your fetus grows rapidly and finishes its development. You will also start to feel the discomfort of having a larger body inside of you, pushing against your uterus and inner organs. The larger fetus may begin to cause a number of symptoms for the mom. Lower blood pressure may occur from the fetus pushing down on main vein that returns blood to the heart, the bladder may feel full more often, leading to increased trips to the bathroom, and the skin may feel hot and flushed more often. You might also begin to have Braxton-Hicks contractions at unpredictable times as the body prepares for delivery. Your body might also show stretch marks from the stretching of the skin as well as darkened areas from the overall hormone fluctuations. Your abdomen may feel dry and stretched (because it is). You might suffer from more swelling in the lower areas of your body as well as your hands and face. And you will also notice that the upper body doesn’t have any changes in its blood flow, but the strained lower half will – which is generally why some women get varicose veins during their pregnancy. Varicose veins can become more pronounced at this time, while you can also begin to see a discharge from your breasts. You are noticeably pregnant at this time, but realize that you might not carry your fetus as other pregnant women do. Some will carry ‘higher’ in their abdomen, while others will carry lower. But this is due to the structure of the woman’s body, not because of the gender of the baby (that’s an old wives tale). As you move toward the final trimester of your pregnancy, the baby is starting to make the final push to being ready to be born.

This is a very fragile time because your baby is nearly developed, but there are many things that can go wrong at this time, so you need to make sure that you’re still taking care of yourself and this new life. The fetus is growing bigger and bigger so that it will be ready to be outside of the womb and able to support itself.

This is the time for you to rest and prepare your home for your new baby’s arrival. And while you’re picking out the decorations for the nursery, have you thought of a name?

http://www.earlysignofpregnancy.net is the most recent women’s resource site from Jacqueline Flynn. She is the founder and President of WomanCentric.com. http://www.WomanCentric.com is the webs first FREE women’s home business community.